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I love to read

I’ve always been an avid reader. This year one of the things on my list of 100 things to do was

Make a list of 30 books I want to read & then read those books (0/30)

So I have made myself a list on Goodreads and thought I’d share it here too

  1. Spark Joy by Marie Kondo
  2. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
  3. Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider
  4. The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life by Francine Jay
  5. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
  6. True Magick: A Beginner’s Guide by Amber K
  7. A Game of Thrones by George R.R Martin
  8. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
  9. Dancing the Sacred Wheel: A Journey through the Southern Sabbats by Frances Billinghurst
  10. The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer (must actually finish this one!)
  11. Branding Yourself by Erik Deckers & Kyle Lacy
  12. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams
  13. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
  14. Life, The Universe And Everything by Douglas Adams
  15. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
  16. Dreamweaver CC for Dummies (to freshen up my understanding of CC)
  17. I, Strahd by P.N. Elrod
  18. Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris
  19. Living Dead In Dallas
  20. 03 Club Dead
  21. 04 Dead to the World
  22. 05 Dead as a Doornail
  23. 06 Definitely Dead
  24. 07 All Together Dead
  25. 08 From Dead to Worse
  26. 09 Dead and Gone
  27. 10 Dead in the Family
  28. 11 Dead Reckoning
  29. 12 Deadlocked
  30. 13 Dead Ever After

Ok so I did kind of cheat by adding a few series but they are ones I want to read/reread. What’s on your reading list?

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Currently #6

Currently #6

TIME: 10pm, 31st January, 2016

LOCATION : Dining room table

FEELING:   good, tired

LOVING :  that it’s nearly the first day of school

READING : Spark Joy by Marie Kondo

DRINKING : Coke or hot chocolate

ANTICIPATING : the first day of school

LISTENING TO : MUSIC : random tunes   PODCAST :  Simple Scrapper member podcast

WATCHING : X Files

PLANNING : on catching up with my 2015 PL albums

LOOKING FORWARD TO : school going back (sense a theme LOL)

CREATING :  baking heaps of food to freze for school lunches

NEED TO FINISH : my JYC pages for 2015 and my 2015 PL albums

WISHING : for more scrapping goodies and it would rain more to help with the fires around the state

MAIN GOAL : to get my PL albums finished for 2015

What are you “CURRENTLY” doing?

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Happy birthday week to me

This week I turn 21 (38!) and I’ve decided that I will have a week long ‘celebration’ and do things I enjoy and make some me time.

Yesterday we went to ChilliFm’s pre-Australia Day event Skyfire. Mainly to watch the guys from TCW but to also catch the fireworks. Got to have a good play with the camera too :D  I’ll be uploading a few to my Flickr album soon if you want to check out some more of my work 🙂

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Today is Australia Day. We checked out the local Oz Day festivities this morning and I’m having a lazy day of Hottest 100, cricket, the new X-Files and some scrapbooking.

Not really sure what the rest of the week will bring apart from back to school prep for Miss K and going out for tea Thursday evening but I’m making sure to do something for me 😀

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100 things in 2016

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Well here we are. Another year and another list of 100 things to do. It’s all written down in my 2016 Life workbook. Sorry in advance for the loooong post.

For the last couple of years I’ve been posting my lists on my blog, making me a bit more accountable. So no excuses, here is my 100 things in 2016. There are quite a few things from last year that either didn’t get done or I want to continue doing. I’ve split my list into sections this year – Blog/Social Media, House & Garden, Family, Things to do, Work & Finances, Scrapbook/Craft and For Me

As with previous years bold is started, strike thru is finished & red isn’t done

Blog/Social Media

1. Increase my social media following (see 2-4)
2. Increase Facebook followers (Jan 1 – 152   Dec 31 – )
3. Increase Pinterest followers (Jan 1 – 665   Dec 31 – )
4. Increase Instagram followers (Jan 1 – 283   Dec 31 – )
5. Organise Pinterest boards better
6. Learn a new recipe each month and blog it
7. Continue In the Den Kitchen
8. Create a monthly blog backup
9. Try something I’ve pinned and blog the results
10. Start a new blog series
11. Start my YIAH recipe blog
12. Sort bookmarks
13. Blog everyday for 1 month
14. Blog emails to zero
15. Be more active in Facebook groups that spark joy
16. Cull email lists
17. Cull Facebook groups

House & Garden

18. Weed garden beds.
19. Work out what vegies to plant and then plant them
20. Start a Garden Journal.
21. Get a garden shed
22. Finally get gazebo up
23. Do Declutter 365 (& maybe blog my progress)
24. Finish custom recipe books – Thermomix Favourites and non-Thermomix recipes
25. Donate/sell remaining recipe books I don’t use
26. Paint laundry
27. Get laminate up in laundry
28. Get dryer up on laundry wall
29. Get new laundry sink
30. Laundry storage
31. Get floors polished
32. Organise office (I finally have a plan!)
33. Organise garage
34. Work through (& complete) Creating your Goddess Haven e-course (restarting Jan 1)
35. Re-tidy the pantry. Toss or donate stuff we don’t use
36. Sort linens.
37. Redo my herb garden

Family

38. Do something special for 10 year anniversary in November
39. Family holiday – Melbourne or Queensland
40. Have my parents over for dinner
41. Have in-laws over for dinner
42. Get an updated family photo
43. Work on family tree
44. Organise some play dates for the girls
45. Write a letter to Miss K to open on her 18th
46. Write a letter to Miss A to open on her 18th
47. Watch a documentary every month

Things to do

48. Anzac Day dawn service
49. Have a family movie night (complete with popcorn & choc tops)
50. Spend a day at the beach
51. Go on a picnic
52. Go for a drive somewhere for no reason other than getting out
53. Spend a rainy day in PJs watching TV/movies
54. See more of Tassie
55. Go to Botanical gardens
56. Visit QVMAG
57. Go to MONA
58. Cirque du Soleil

Work & Finances

59. Money into Christmas club (starting balance – $0)
60. Put $5 a pay into girls’ accounts
61. Get BAS in on time
62. Keep work accounts up to date
63. Work through the Business Goddess e-course
64. Upgrade RAM & Hard drives in laptops
65. Sort EHDs and make sure there’s no duplicates
66. Work on better backups of important files
67. Work email to zero

Scrapbook/Craft

68. Find an inspirational quote and make it into a piece of art
69. Finish JYC 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
70. Scrapbook with mum more
71. Finish wedding scrapbook
72. Do #30Lists (March, September, December)
73. Organise all my paper scrapbook supplies
74. Scrapbook with others more
75. Backup digital Project Life supplies
76. Start a cross stitch
77. Project Life date at least once a week – PUT IN PLANNER!
78. Do some more classes & make sure I finish them
79. Apply for Scrappy Canary design team
80. Create a scrapping binder
81. Organise craft group days

For me

82. Do something different for Afternoon Teal
83. Do Frocktober
84. Write a letter to myself to open on my 40th
85. Keep a gratitude journal for 30 days
86. Get a massage
87. Make a list of 30 books I want to read & then read those books (0/30)
88. Burn to CD/DVD stuff I don’t need on my PC all the time
89. Sort & cull movie folder
90. Deadpool
91. Create a mini Goddess altar
92. Personal email inbox to zero
93. Get to bed earlier
94. Drink more water
95. No more screens in bed
96. Rejoin the shining life & biz academy when renewal due
97. Cook more with the thermomix
98. Renew Thermofun membership
99. Journal every day
100. Enjoy life

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Happy New Year!

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Hope 2016 is an awesome year.

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” ~ Neil Gaiman
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2015, the year that was – my list updated

It’s time to look back over my list for the year and see how I’m traveling.

As with previous years bold is started, strike thru is finished & red isn’t done

  1. Increase my social media following (see 2-5)
  2. Get more Twitter followers (Jan 1 – 658   Dec 31 – 670)
  3. Get more Facebook followers (Jan 1 – 150   Dec 31 – 153)
  4. Get more Pinterest followers (Jan 1 – 569   Dec 31 – 665)
  5. Get more Instagram followers (Jan 1 – 227   Dec 31 – 283)
  6. Organise my Pinterest boards (try & reduce the number of boards)
  7. Learn a new recipe each month. Blog about it.
  8. Blog a recipe a week – one of mine or something I’ve tried (In the Den Kitchen)
  9. Create a back up of my blog monthly
  10. Try something I’ve pinned and blog about it.
  11. Start a new blog series (but in the works for 2016)
  12. Finish garden beds and start using them – garden bed in but filled with weeds
  13. Get a garden shed
  14. Set up gazebo/outdoor area – area cleared and that’s as far as we got
  15. Do HabitHacker – Nest – started then fell off the wagon
  16. Work on Declutter 365
  17. Finish custom recipe book
  18. Declutter recipe books I don’t use – gifted a  box to a friend. Have another pile to go
  19. Paint laundry & put up laminate
  20. New door & window in lounge
  21. New curtains for the lounge
  22. Get kitchen blinds
  23. Get new cupboard in hallway
  24. Get floors polished
  25. Organise office so it can be used
  26. Organise garage
  27. Start a garden journal
  28. Work through (& complete) Creating your Goddess Haven e-course (restarting Jan 1)
  29. Tidy the pantry – make it more organised
  30. Sort linens and make less cluttered
  31. Have a candlelit dinner with hubby
  32. Family holiday to Melbourne
  33. Have parents & in-laws over for dinner
  34. Go to the Anzac Day dawn service
  35. Get a family photo of me, mum, dad & bro
  36. Get an updated family photo done
  37. Have a weekend away
  38. Try and have a date night every month
  39. Put money into Christmas Club account
  40. Put money in the girls accounts
  41. Have a family movie night (complete with popcorn & choc tops)
  42. Spend a day at the beach
  43. Go on a picnic
  44. Go for a drive somewhere for no reason other than getting out
  45. Spend a rainy day in PJs watching TV/movies
  46. See more of Tassie
  47. Work on family tree
  48. Go to Tasmania Zoo
  49. Go to the Botanical Gardens
  50. Visit QVMAG
  51. Get BAS in on time
  52. Keep up to date with work accounts
  53. Work thru Business Goddess e-course
  54. Launch new work site
  55. Upgrade laptops (decided to keep these & upgrade hard drives)
  56. Make laptop & pc better organised – less double ups of files
  57. Work on better backups of important files
  58. Find an inspirational quote & make it into a piece of artwork
  59. Finish JYC 2012 & 2013 & 2014
  60. Scrapbook with mum more
  61. Finish wedding scrapbook
  62. Do #30Lists (March, September, December)
  63. Organise all my paper scrapbook supplies
  64. Scrapbook with others more
  65. Backup digital Project Life supplies
  66. Organise a scrapbook day
  67. Complete a cross stitch
  68. Work thru Creative Goddess ecourse
  69. Project life date one weekend a month
  70. Do some more classes & finish them
  71. Create a scrapping binder
  72. Apply for more design teams
  73. Get dt work done before it’s due
  74. Actually DO some of the things I’ve pinned
  75. Create more pages about me
  76. keep up to date with Project Life (see #69)
  77. Raise at least $2000 at Afternoon Teal
  78. Do Frocktober
  79. Watch sunrise & sunset in the same day 
  80. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
  81. Keep a gratitude journal every day for a month (0/30)
  82. Do Habit Hacker’s Create
  83. Get a massage
  84. Get a manicure
  85. Make a list of 30 books I want to read & then read those books (0/30) 
  86. Exercise every day for a month (0/30)
  87. Create a mini Goddess altar
  88. Meditate more
  89. Enjoy life
  90. Finish off front yard
  91. Redo herb gardens
  92. sort my bookmarks
  93. Burn to CD/DVD stuff I don’t need on my PC all the time
  94. Look at getting built in wardrobe in girls bedroom
  95. Do something special for our wedding anniversary
  96. Have a girls day out with mum
  97. Star Wars!
  98. Sort & cull movie folder
  99. Maybe go to 20 yr reunion for school
  100. Organise some play dates for the girls

Not too bad, lots started but not finished. I’ll be back in a couple of days with my 100 things list for 2016

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Currently #5

 TIME: 9am, 31st December, 2015

LOCATION : Dining room table

FEELING:   good

LOVING :  the warmer weather

READING : The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer (still)

DRINKING : Coke or hot chocolate or water or Soda Stream

ANTICIPATING : the New Year

LISTENING TO : MUSIC : random tunes   PODCAST :  Simple Scrapper member podcast

WATCHING : New Year’s Eve specials

PLANNING : my 2016 planners

LOOKING FORWARD TO : Cirque du soleil

CREATING :  bits & pieces for JYC and cards for my 2016 PL album covers

NEED TO FINISH : my JYC pages for 2015

WISHING : for more planner goodies

MAIN GOAL : to work on my Life Workbook

What are you “CURRENTLY” doing?

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Nightwolf Snaps

I’ve finally decided to get some of my photos online for everyone to see. You can check out my photos over on Flickron Flickr. It will mainly be sunsets, lunar, flowers, animals and buildings.

Here’s some of what you’ll find…

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